Farm Subsidy information
Howard County, Texas
Howard County, Texas Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Howard County, Texas, 1995-2020‡
Howard County, Texas Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Texas ranking: 1 of 50 States
- 86 percent of farms in Texas did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Howard County, Texas, 1995-2020‡:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 1995-2020‡ |
Subsidy Total 1995-2020‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton Subsidies | 1,935 | $282,491,070 |
| 2 | Disaster Payments | 1,548 | $61,120,167 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 657 | $46,874,496 |
| 4 | Sorghum Subsidies | 1,332 | $4,527,125 |
| 5 | Peanut Subsidies | 180 | $3,967,949 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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